THAI PACKAGED RICE SUPPLY TO RETURN TO NORMAL IN EARLY MAY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)

WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers want to make sure people know where their food and drugs come from and the overseas plants producing them are regularly inspected. >> full story

Tougher measures undertaken at discretion of embassies (The Star)

BEIJING: The temporary measure by Chinese authorities to tighten visa applications to China is being undertaken at the discretion of its embassies overseas. >> full story

Thai Packaged Rice Supply To Return To Normal In Early May (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)

Suppliers of packaged rice, along with rice millers, department store executives and Thai government officials agreed Thursday that supplies of packaged rice in local retail markets, especially shopping malls, will be ample and return to normal beginning from early May, a senior Ministry of Commerce official said. >> full story

THAI PACKAGED RICE SUPPLY TO RETURN TO NORMAL IN EARLY MAY (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Retail   Suppliers of packaged rice, along with rice millers, department store executives and Thai government officials agreed Thursday that supplies of packaged rice in local retail markets, especially shopping malls, will be ample and return to normal beginning from early May, a senior Ministry of Commerce official said. >> full story

Disputes grow with trade (People's Daily)

April 24 (Bloomberg) -- Orders for U.S. durable goods excluding transportation equipment rose more than forecast last month, indicating demand from overseas may be helping factories weather the housing-led economic slowdown. >> full story

Scientists show how tainted blood thinner turned deadly (TODAYonline)

Commissioner of the FDA, Andrew von Eschenbach, testifies during a hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, on April 22, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was to examine whether the FDA is adequately regulating overseas pharmaceutical product manufacture after 81 deaths in the U.S. associated with tainted heparin. >> full story

Doyle claims unfair trade practices hurting Wisconsin paper industry (BizJournals)

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to protect jobs in Wisconsin by stopping the flow of artificially low-priced lightweight thermal paper to the U.S. from overseas competitors. >> full story

Disputes grow with trade (People's Daily)

China's foreign trade and overseas investment by domestic companies has continued to grow rapidly despite a congruent increase in trade conflicts, a report released by the Ministry of Commerce said yesterday. The country's foreign trade ...full story